Washing-machine.



No. 878,495. PATENTED FEB. 11

H. G. BATT.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001 .22, 1906.

HORACE G. BATT, OF PARNELL, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed October 22. 1906. Serial No. 340.054.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE G. BATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parnell, in the county of Nodaway and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashing-llfachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in washing machines and it particularly contemplates a machine in which a revolving agitator is employed to effect a cleansing of the fabric.

The invention aims as a primary object to provide novel means for adjustably positioning the agitator in a machine of the above type with relation to the floor of the washing receptacle, so as to compensate for the varying quantities of clothes to be cleansed.

The detailed construction will appear in the course of the following description in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, like numerals designating like parts throughout the several views, wherein Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section illustrating a washing machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse. section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of an adjustable connection between the operating handle and the agitator, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

The accompanyings drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which the numeral 1 designates a suitable receptacle, as a tub, within which the cleansing operation is performed. Mounted centrally of the tub 1 is a post 2 terminating in an integral shoe 3 secured by bolts a to the bottom of the tub 1. Extending radially from said shoe 3 are riffles 5. The tub 1 is provided adjacent to its upper edge upon the inner surface thereof, with a plurality of blocks 6, upon which is supported a cover 7, having handles 8. The cover 7 is formed with an enlarged central opening 9, through which the post ,2 and arms carried by the agitator project. The agitator comprises a disk shaped plate 10, preferably made in sections, which are united by transverse straps 11. The plate 10 is formed with a great number of closely associated apertures 12, having any suitable arrangement through which a circulation of the cleansing agent is afforded. Said plate 10 loosely surrounds the post 2 and is provided at a central point with a tension 18 of the handle 15 is designed to rest and rotate, said extension loosely surrounding the reduced portion 16.

The extension 18 has rigid connection with the handle .15 and is provided on each side of said reduced portion 16 with slots 19' within which are received the arms 14. Said arms are adjustably positioned in said slots by means of set screws 20, which are threaded through the extension 18 and which frictionally engage said arms. The handle 15 carries adjacent to its free end a rigidly secured depending wheel 21, which rides upon the upper edge of the tub 1 as a track and which co-acts with the shoulder 17 to constitute a support for the handle 15 from which the agitator 10 adjustably depends by virtue of the arms 14, as above noted. Said agitator, in order to facilitate the effective performance of its function, is provided with a plurality of depending posts 22, which are designed to impart a slight movement to the fabric with every revolution of the agitator, so that every part thereof shall be exposed to the action of the water as it is driven therethrough.

In practical use, the clothes are placed in the bottom of the tub 1 and the agitator 10 is positioned upon the post 2 in accordance with the quantity of clothes to be washed, the adjustment being effected, as will be readily apparent, by the screws 20 engaging the arms 14. Rotation of the agitator causes a circulation of water through the apertures 12, the water being thus impelled or driven through the clothes and removing the dirt therefrom. The clothes are turned through the medium of the post 22 and the riffles 5, the operation of turning the clothes being continuous and gradual, whereby no violent action such as would tear the fabric or congest the clothes into a mass is permitted.

l/Vhile the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended, it is to be understood that various minor changes may be made in the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A Washing machine having a cylindrical receptacle, a post mounted centrally thereof, a plate revoluble in said receptacle and having a central aperture, surrounding said post, a handle surrounding and supported by said post, Vertical rods carried .by said plate and projecting through openings in said handle, and set screws engaging said rods and handle and adapted to secure said plate at any selected height Within said receptacle.

2. A Washing machine having a cylindrical receptacle, a post mounted centrally thereof,

a plate revoluble in said receptacle and having a central aperture, surrounding said post, a handle surrounding and supported by said post and carrying a depending guide-Wheel, parallel vertical rods carried by said plate and projecting through openings in said handle, and set screws carried by said handle and frictionally engaging said rods.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HORACE Gr. BATT.

Witnesses:

C. C. HALL, E. O. GooDEN. 

